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spoke to mark mason political analyst with us to master can foreign policy. what's really at stake in the ongoing electoral crisis we have a close election that's going to decide really a very important concern we all know what it is sixty three letter word or oil in the system because who's going to control future venezuelan oil there's no question that the u.s. has had a stake and pumping millions of dollars into opposition groups in venezuela we have documentation from wiki leaks that the u.s. state department has called the former president chavez the enemy and talked about the importance of dividing it should these small and other portions of us standing up for u.s. business concerns in the south america that as you say show in a washington has been trying to push its agenda in the region but does it have to offer it was even recently up until recent years that saudi arabia was thought to have the largest single oil reserves on the planet but they're in venezuela and that's the big prize the u.s. is the global head you are and it's the gold bully but it
spoke to mark mason political analyst with us to master can foreign policy. what's really at stake in the ongoing electoral crisis we have a close election that's going to decide really a very important concern we all know what it is sixty three letter word or oil in the system because who's going to control future venezuelan oil there's no question that the u.s. has had a stake and pumping millions of dollars into opposition groups in venezuela we have documentation from wiki leaks that the...
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and domestic policy remains to be seen a media frenzy surrounding the bombings the united states has not seen a similar action in years officials are saying the investigation is still very fluid but the majority of questions yet to be answered who and why was behind the attack and how secure really is the united states of today over the last decade the u.s. has pumped enormous resources into security and steps often criticised for breaching the rights of u.s. citizens and foreigners alike but what are the results and have all these efforts created anything more than an illusion of safety and. boston massachusetts. and in the meantime of received thousands of tips photos and videos as they continue to search. focusing on people carrying heavy bags all back to try and find the post new may have planted the explosives shortly before the blast brian becker and antiwar activist believes america's reliance on its military to keep itself safe has now affected its domestic security. since september eleventh the united states government has sent spent hundreds of billions of dollars for gover
and domestic policy remains to be seen a media frenzy surrounding the bombings the united states has not seen a similar action in years officials are saying the investigation is still very fluid but the majority of questions yet to be answered who and why was behind the attack and how secure really is the united states of today over the last decade the u.s. has pumped enormous resources into security and steps often criticised for breaching the rights of u.s. citizens and foreigners alike but...
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and domestic policy remains to be seen a media frenzy surrounding the bombings the united states has not seen a similar in years officials are saying the investigation is still very fluid but the majority of questions yet to be answered who and why was behind the attack and how secure really is the united states of today over the last decade the u.s. has pumped enormous resources into security and steps often criticised for breaching the rights of u.s. citizens and foreigners alike but what are the results and have all these efforts created anything more than an illusion of safety in. boston massachusetts. containing a poisonous substance and sent to president obama has reportedly been intercepted that's less than the day police found a envelope addressed to a mississippi senator both appear to have been sent by the same person we'll bring you more on this developing story as soon as we get it. for you to receive tips photos and videos as they continue. focusing on people carrying heavy bags or backpacks to try and find who may have planted explosives social media users have contribu
and domestic policy remains to be seen a media frenzy surrounding the bombings the united states has not seen a similar in years officials are saying the investigation is still very fluid but the majority of questions yet to be answered who and why was behind the attack and how secure really is the united states of today over the last decade the u.s. has pumped enormous resources into security and steps often criticised for breaching the rights of u.s. citizens and foreigners alike but what are...
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-- in today's world, foreign policy is to a large degree economic policy. and i am deeply committed, i'm working right now to close out my appointments, the president's appointments, within the state department with respect to our economic effort. i personally believe this is how we are going to be able to do .hings is leverage assistance i wish we had more time. talk about a modern day martial plan if you will which is going -- marshal plan if you will which will involve the larger sector. what these countries need are jobs for young people. masses of young people. so we need to try to find ways ttit and nk the others can help do that. in the west bank what i was about to describe earlier was that the prime minister netanyahu and and president abbas have agreed to this add on initiative of trying to bring the private sector to the table for rapid economic development, to really make a difference, as well as for some infrastructure. i think you can join both leverage development, create jobs, brings you stability. that's sort of the new model. i think we ha
-- in today's world, foreign policy is to a large degree economic policy. and i am deeply committed, i'm working right now to close out my appointments, the president's appointments, within the state department with respect to our economic effort. i personally believe this is how we are going to be able to do .hings is leverage assistance i wish we had more time. talk about a modern day martial plan if you will which is going -- marshal plan if you will which will involve the larger sector....
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just the foreign- policy support. famously, they both worked to sort of speak half-truths about the unsustainability of the soviet union, something that coincided with the placing of the soviet union under its own contradiction. some will tell you it was almost like moses parting the red sea. i don't think it was quite that. but clearly, the truth telling was not irrelevant. hope tonor ms. dissidents working behind the eastern bloc. domestically, they had a -- theyusly important were trying something very radical. they wanted a break with the economic policies of the past. the fact that they were not isolated, they could point to someone on the other side of the ocean in charge of this was important. that made quite a difference. you can see in the tributes paid to lady thatcher, people who work closely to president reagan saying it made a difference. he is not on his own. there is an impressive leader in europe who shares his ideas. host: was it vice versa for her in britain? guest: it was. famously, they got along w
just the foreign- policy support. famously, they both worked to sort of speak half-truths about the unsustainability of the soviet union, something that coincided with the placing of the soviet union under its own contradiction. some will tell you it was almost like moses parting the red sea. i don't think it was quite that. but clearly, the truth telling was not irrelevant. hope tonor ms. dissidents working behind the eastern bloc. domestically, they had a -- theyusly important were trying...
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the stathe state department has characterized the treatment as torture when used by foreign governments. the c.i.a. recognized this in an internal review and realized many of the interrogation techniques employed were contrary with the policy the u.s. has taken regarding human rights. the united states is understandably subject to criticism when it criticizes another nation for engaging in torture and then justifies the same conduct under national security arguments. there are those that defend the techniques like waterboarding, stress positions, and sleep deprivation because there was the office of legal council which issued a decision approving of their use because they defined them as not being torture. those decisions have since been repudiated by the o.l.c. it's sefment even in it's peap it relies not only on a narrow definition of torture but also on factual representation about how the techniques would be implemented that later proved inaccurate. this is important context as to how the opinion came about, but also as to how policymakers relied upon it. based upon a thorough revie
the stathe state department has characterized the treatment as torture when used by foreign governments. the c.i.a. recognized this in an internal review and realized many of the interrogation techniques employed were contrary with the policy the u.s. has taken regarding human rights. the united states is understandably subject to criticism when it criticizes another nation for engaging in torture and then justifies the same conduct under national security arguments. there are those that defend...